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The Heckscher-Ohlin Model Between 1400 and 2000: When It Explained Factor Price Convergence, When It Did Not, and Why
O'Rourke, Kevin Hjortshøj; Williamson, Jeffrey G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
There are two contrasting views of pre-19th century trade and globalization. First there are the world history scholars … important events in recorded history. Second, there is the view that the world economy was still fragmented before the 19th …
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Threat of a Capital Levy, Expected Devaluation and Interest Rates in Inter-War France
Sicsic, Pierre - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
The aim of this paper is to isolate and measure the respective importance of political and economic aspects in two critical episodes of the French inter-war period: the stabilization process of the mid-1920s and the reluctance to abandon the gold standard during the 1930s. We do this by...
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